Packing can be difficult to get right – pitfalls include over packing, under packing, or not packing the right things – so every expert packer usually starts with a good packing list to make sure you have everything you need, and reduce last-minute packing stress. It helps to...
The items for your hand luggage tend to be your essentials, so it’s invaluable to have a list ready to check things off as you go. The Essential Hand Luggage Packing List below assumes you’re taking an international flight, but can be adapted as required for your travel plans...
There are so many variables with packing that it’s difficult to write one definite packing checklist of everything you’ll need – it depends where you are going and what you’re going to be doing when you get there, how many people you’re packing for, what the weather’s going to be like...
Over the years, we’ve concluded as a family that “it’s not really a holiday without a trip to the pharmacy” for some reason – allergic reactions, eye infections, dodgy tummies – to the point where, going to a foreign pharmacy or drugstore has become like a holiday activity itself (we now...
Before I begin this blog, please know that it’s tongue in cheek – I really do still have a balanced sense of perspective on life, however a recent travel event really irked me and caused Agatha Christie to loom large as I tried to solve the Case of the Missing Stickers… The...